Ahh, January, the month when people the world over resolve to eat less, exercise more, and visit their plastic surgeons. I, for one, was first in line this year with my resolution to get a nip here, a tuck there, eliminate wrinkles and firm things up. And I did all that this week.

I had been living with wrinkled, baggy carpet for too long. So I called a cosmetic carpet surgeon. "My carpet needs a face lift," I said.

"I beg your pardon?" Ricky Price, owner of Brittania Brite, of Denver, speaks with one of those fetching British accents that makes you think he just stepped off the boat, but don't be fooled. He's been repairing and cleaning carpets in this country 11 years. From The Hartford Courant.